Nan
Nan is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 341st, in 1883.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1947255 births
- Best rank
- #341in 1883
- Since 1880
- 10,274people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,274 girls have been named Nan in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1947, with 255 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 255 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1942, and the 1950s alone account for 21%. It has spent 83 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Nan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 322 | |
| 1890s | 405 | |
| 1900s | 457 | |
| 1910s | 825 | |
| 1920s | 1,198 | |
| 1930s | 1,467 | |
| 1940s | 2,099 | |
| 1950s | 2,181 | |
| 1960s | 877 | |
| 1970s | 223 | |
| 1980s | 121 | |
| 1990s | 62 | |
| 2000s | 24 | |
| 2010s | 7 | |
| 2020s | 6 |
In 1947, its biggest year
Nan was the 523rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1947 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Barbara and Sandra. See all of 1947.
Names that rose and fell with Nan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Drucillapeak 1949
- Marthapeak 1947
- Janiepeak 1947
- Ellenpeak 1951
- Pattiepeak 1958
- Louveniapeak 1924
- Kittypeak 1947
- Georgiannapeak 1942
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.